The train passed the station as in a wink of an eye vs The train passed by the station like a wink of an eye.

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• The train passed the station as in a wink of an eye
• The views must be quite nice as the train passed through the canyons that delimit the lower side of the Rockies, before the open desert.
• Bigfoot, be telling the captain the train passed here.
• Also in 1906, the first train passed through the Simplon Tunnel, thus connecting Valais and Northern Italy.
• If the level crossing is clear, the driver shall proceed and accelerate the train as soon as the front of the train has passed clear the level crossing.
• When Zhang's train passed the bridge at 5:23 a.m. on June 4, the bomb exploded.
• When the train passed through Budapest, a crowd of Romanians greeted them.
• When the trains passed through Dresden, 1,500 East Germans stormed the main railway station in an attempt to board.
• This is where I would wait while my mom went up to the tracks and screamed at the top of her lungs while the train passed.
• In the fields along the route, and at the stations through which the train passed, thousands stood in silence to pay their last respects.
• On 28 December 1879 the bridge collapsed as a train passed over.
• The light-rail train passed by every few minutes.
• Then a train passed by and the wind knocked him over.
• In 1865 the East London Railway Company purchased the Thames Tunnel for £200,000 and four years later the first trains passed through it.
• With the rise of the automobile, Carrizozo's proximity to the railroad became less important starting in the 1950s, and the last passenger train passed through in 1968.
• At this time Wembley was a sparsely populated rural area which did not merit the construction of a railway station and MR trains passed through without stopping.
• That very day the first train passed by San Gavino!
• Afterwards, Brandau station was not served any more, and trains passed without stopping there.
• The first train passed through Castel Bolognese on September the first 1861, inauguration day of the Forlì-Bologna section of the Bologna-Ancona line.
• Two 300-car trains passed by OCS the same time she died.
• On May 3, 1888, crews holed through the tunnel, and on May 27 the first train passed through directly to Puget Sound.

Some examples from the web:

• The train passed by the station like a wink of an eye.
• The light-rail train passed by every few minutes.
• That very day the first train passed by San Gavino!
• In former times the Val di Fiemme train passed by the village, while today the "Vecia Ferrovia dela Val de Fiemme" railway line is out of service and represents a popular route for both hikers and mountain bikers.
• Wheat shipments and the city's status as a railroad hub seemed to indicate future growth, but the frequency of trains dwindled until the 1950s when trains just passed by without stopping.
• Bigfoot, be telling the captain the train passed here.
• Then a train passed by and the wind knocked him over.
• When the train passed through Budapest, a crowd of Romanians greeted them.
• When the trains passed through Dresden, 1,500 East Germans stormed the main railway station in an attempt to board.
• This is where I would wait while my mom went up to the tracks and screamed at the top of her lungs while the train passed.
• In the fields along the route, and at the stations through which the train passed, thousands stood in silence to pay their last respects.
• The views must be quite nice as the train passed through the canyons that delimit the lower side of the Rockies, before the open desert.
• On 28 December 1879 the bridge collapsed as a train passed over.
• Two 300-car trains passed by OCS the same time she died.
• Two 300-car trains passed by OCS the same time she died.
• When Zhang's train passed the bridge at 5:23 a.m. on June 4, the bomb exploded.
• Also in 1906, the first train passed through the Simplon Tunnel, thus connecting Valais and Northern Italy.
• In 1865 the East London Railway Company purchased the Thames Tunnel for £200,000 and four years later the first trains passed through it.
• With the rise of the automobile, Carrizozo's proximity to the railroad became less important starting in the 1950s, and the last passenger train passed through in 1968.
• At this time Wembley was a sparsely populated rural area which did not merit the construction of a railway station and MR trains passed through without stopping.
• Afterwards, Brandau station was not served any more, and trains passed without stopping there.